Meetings, we have meetings:

2006/10/05: BBC: Mixed outcomes at climate talks Climate talks between the world's top 20 polluters have ended with an unusual level of agreement on the urgent need to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. But delegates at the Mexico talks also stressed the massive gap between the politics and science of climate change.

Meanwhile on the emissions trading front:

2006/10/05: CDreams: Europe's New Enclosure: The Sky - Slicing up the Earth's Atmosphere for Corporate Profit A main focus of ire was the European Trading System, in which governments issue tradable carbon emission permits to polluting industries. The European governments that set up the system are doing two huge things wrong: first, they're handing out too many permits, and second, they're giving them free to polluters, who then raise prices and reap windfall profits.

On the subject of evangelicals & environment, this turn of phrase ["global scorching"] caught my eye:

2006/10/07: Philadelphia Inquirer: Focusing on the Planet - Religious leaders will gather in Philadelphia tomorrow to discuss global warming, and to recognize special days in several religious traditions. "Sacred Seasons, Sacred Earth: An Interfaith Call to Reflect and Act" will consider what believers can do to temper the effects of climate change that organizers call a "crisis of global scorching." "We felt that 'warming' was a term that is too pleasant," said Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who will moderate a panel discussion at tomorrow's event. "It's not honest. The heating is not some kind of benign warmth. It's dangerous."

2006/10/05: TerraDaily: Canada Will Not Buy Pollution Rights - Canada will not use public money to buy carbon emission rights on an international market after failing to meet its targets to curb pollution under the Kyoto Protocol, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose said Thursday. "We will not use taxpayer money to play the emissions trading market, nor will we use taxpayer money to create an artificial market to buy and sell credits," Ambrose told a parliamentary committee on environment and sustainable development.

2006/10/04: TerraDaily: Canada Fires Ambassador To Arctic Council - Ottawa dismissed its ambassador to the world's main circumpolar council, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday, putting efforts to bolster its claims to vast Arctic territories in doubt. Arctic Council envoy Jack Anawak was fired last month and his job was eliminated.

2006/10/06: ENN: Scientist Warns of Species' Extinction As many as half the world's species may face extinction by 2100 because of pollution, climate change, human population growth and other influences, a renowned scientist dubbed "the father of biodiversity" told an audience here.

--"The global challenge can be simply stated: To reach sustainability, humanity must increase the consumption levels of the world's poor, while at the same time reducing humanity's total ecological footprint. There must be technological advance, and personal change, and longer planning horizons. There must be greater respect, caring, and sharing across political boundaries. This will take decades to achieve even under the best of circumstances. No modern political party has garnered broad support for such a program, certainly not among the the rich and powerful, who could make room for growth among the poor by reducing their own footprints. Meanwhile, the global footprint gets larger every day."